Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Title	Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903
Description	Photograph of Carl Eytel (driving) and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the old Butterfield Stage Road -- the first line across the North American continent -- near Indian Wells in the Colorado Desert, during preparation for their book "Wonders of the Colorado Desert". Eytel illustrated the book by James. -- description from a letter from Horace Parker, 11 January 1957.
Subject	Butterfield Stage
Subject (adlf)	deserts
Subject (file heading)	Riverside County -- General -- Desert views; Transportation -- Draft -- Stage coaches
Subject (lcsh)	Deserts Photographers Coaching Roads
Subject (naf)	Eytel, Carl, 1862-1925 James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Geographic subject (county)	Riverside
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1903
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1903
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	2280
Call number	CHS-2280
Microfiche number	1-155-; 1-81-59
Legacy record ID	chs-m8139; USC-1-1-1-8270; USC-1-1-1-11954
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-2280
Full text	:-^S%p JL, %^<i ■.~m.^ "p^%2?^ ^> r -s ' '"\.,S- 3&* pV%e«> __'• »:«,y^~ rj§jr • BflBjB^BjB^BJBJBJBJBJ
Archival file	chs_Volume62/CHS-2280.tiff

USC Libraries

University of Southern California

USC Digital Library

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the...

Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903

Description

Comments

Collaborative Projects

USCDL Supporters

USC Digital Library